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meat ~ meet

[‘meat’ rhymes with ‘meet’]

“Meat” (noun) is ‘the solid food as different from liquid (drinks); the flesh of animals and birds used as food; the edible fleshy part of some fruit, excluding the cover such as husk, peel, etc,; a valuable or important idea, thought, etc.’,

e.g.

We had fresh meat, but not fish, for lunch this afternoon.

Doctors say that eating too much red meat is bad for the heart.

[‘Meat’ is used in the general sense of the ‘flesh of an animal’, and, of course, the soft fleshy part of certain fruit, but there is a name for the meat of every animal:

the meat of a sheep or goat = mutton

the meat of a lamb (a baby sheep) = lamb

the meat of an ox, cow or buffalo = beef

the meat of a calf (a baby cow or buffalo) = veal

the meat of a duck = duck

the meat of a fish = fish

the meat of a deer or any antelope = venison

the meat of a pig = pork, ham, etc. (depending on the part of a pig’s body we are referring to)

the meat of a hen or cock (chicken) = chicken

Therefore, if one wants to say that one has eaten the meat of sheep or goat, one says: ‘I had ‘mutton’ chops for lunch.’, and so on …]

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“Meet” (verb)  — meet – met – met – meeting, means ‘to come to one’s presence face to face from an opposite or different direction either by chance or by arrangement; to satisfy one’s own or others’ needs; to have the capability or ability to face something (some situation) or someone’; and as a noun, it means ‘an occasion when a group people (a club) on their horses go out to hunt foxes’, and (especially in American English) ‘a sports competition between people, like running race, jumping, etc. – an athletic meet, a track meet, a track and field meet’; and as an adjective (old usage) ‘right or suitable’,

e.g.

Can you meet me at my office this evening?

I can’t meet you today; I will meet you tomorrow.

He found it difficult to meet the demands of his large family.  [i.e. it became difficult for him to provide necessary things, such as clothes, food, school fees, medical bills, etc. for his large family]

Common Errors:

1.

The next time I met with him was at a hospital.   [wrong]

The next time I met him was at a hospital.     [right]

2.

She said she couldn’t wait to meet me again at New Year’s Day.  [wrong]

She said she couldn’t wait to see me again at New Year’s Day.     [right]

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